diff --git a/package/ell/ell.hash b/package/ell/ell.hash
index dd4722480c..8bc61ee293 100644
--- a/package/ell/ell.hash
+++ b/package/ell/ell.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # From https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ell/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  7603928ee584b758ca27c67e4dc513049a09b038d7d28459a9440f8443c91018  ell-0.57.tar.xz
+sha256  c21ba3530d530c736f9b3e6acc954d4404c1ce4abaf2a4694e46ecec17653fa0  ell-0.61.tar.xz
 
 # License files
 sha256  ec60b993835e2c6b79e6d9226345f4e614e686eb57dc13b6420c15a33a8996e5  COPYING
diff --git a/package/ell/ell.mk b/package/ell/ell.mk
index 08deb62abe..300c1eee88 100644
--- a/package/ell/ell.mk
+++ b/package/ell/ell.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ELL_VERSION = 0.57
+ELL_VERSION = 0.61
 ELL_SOURCE = ell-$(ELL_VERSION).tar.xz
 ELL_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/libs/ell
 ELL_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+